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Letter opener with handle carved into a walrus and bear. Blade is small and triangular, with rounded sides and a sharp point. Main body of handle is a thin rectangle that extends from bottom right corner of blade; walrus and bear protrude from left side of rectangle, shown in profile. The walrus is propped up on its foreflippers; tusks connect to bottom left corner of blade. Bear is standing upright with its head thrust out, hovering over top walrus' hind flippers; ears, carved in relief, are pointed back. All animal facial features, claws, and details on the flippers are coloured with black pigment(?).
Letter opener decorated with circular openwork; blade curves upward at tip. Handle consists of two tiered rectangles; majority of handle is made up of the larger rectangle, it diminishes to second smaller rectangle towards blade. Small cutouts on edges of handle before letter opener tapers into a flat triangular blade; blade point is rounded. Openwork design on main body of handle consists of a rectangular cutout in the centre filled with two columns of circles; negative space between circles creates cross-shapes. Additional circular designs protrude out from either side of smaller rectangle, where blade meets handle; blade is undecorated.
65S, 46E, 32.0BD, made from bent wire
Original CatalogNotes & References: Dates Range: Mark/Pattern: Modern (less than 50 years old):